Vietnam: Decision on energy consuming devices and equipment

The Vietnam Decision on the List and Roadmap of Energy-Consuming Devices and Equipment was published on 25 December 2013 and became effective from 10 February 2014.

The household appliances and industrial equipment covered includes :

Lamps

Refrigerators

Washing machines

Electric cookers

Electric fans

Water heaters

Transformers

Electric motors

Gas furnace

Generators

Starting 1 January 2015, the import of equipment that does not comply with relevant Vietnamese national standards as set out in Article 2 is prohibited. In the case of generators, only those that meet the energy efficiency requirements set out in Article 3 are permitted to be imported from the commencement date of the Decision.